Second
Book.
Heads.
1. That Christ is the First-born, and that He is
the Wisdom of God, by whom all things were made.
2. That Christ is the Wisdom of God; and about the
sacrament of His incarnation, and passion, and cup, and altar, and the
apostles who were sent and preached.
3. That Christ also is Himself the Word of
God.
4. That the same Christ is God’s hand and
arm.
5. That the same is Angel and God.
6. That Christ is God.
7. That Christ our God should come as the
Illuminator and Saviour of the human race.
8. That although from the beginning He had been
Son of God, He had yet to be begotten again according to the flesh.
9. That this should be the sign of His nativity,
that He should be born of a virgin—man and God—Son of man
and of God.
10. That Christ is man and God, compounded of
either nature, that He might be a mediator between us and the
Father.
11. That He was to be born of the seed of David
after the flesh.
12. That He should be born in Bethlehem.
13. That He should come in lowly condition on His
first advent.
14. That He was the righteous One whom the Jews
should put to death.
15. That He was called a Sheep and a Lamb who
would have to be slain, and concerning the sacrament of the
passion.
16. That He is also called a Stone.
17. That subsequently that stone should become a
mountain, and should fill the whole earth.
18. That in the last times the same mountain
should be manifested, upon which the Gentiles should come, and on which
the righteous should go up.
19. That He is the Bridegroom, having the Church
as His bride, from whom children should be spiritually born.
20. That the Jews should fasten Him to the
Cross.
21. That in the passion and the sign of the cross
is all virtue and power.
22. That in this sign of the cross is salvation
for all who are marked on their foreheads.
23. That at mid-day, during His passion, there
should be darkness.
24. That He should not be overcome of death, nor
should remain in hell.
25. That He should rise again from hell on the
third day.
26. That when He had risen, He should receive from
His Father all power, and His power should be eternal.
27. That it is impossible to attain to God the
Father, except through the Son Jesus Christ.
28. That He is to come as a Judge.
29. That He is to reign as a King for ever.
30. That He is both Judge and King.